Read this excerpt from abraham lincoln's gettysburg address and then answer the question that follows: (1) four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation: conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. now we are engaged in a great civil war testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. we are met on a great battlefield of that war. (2) we have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that this nation might live. it is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. but, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate we cannot consecrate we cannot hallow this ground. the brave men, living and dead, who struggled here have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. the world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. the purpose of this speech is most similar to which of these? (5 points) select one: a. a critical book review b. a company's mission statement c. a solemn discussion of events d. a lecture on fascinating history

Announcer two: ladies and gentlemen, following on the news given in our bulletin a moment ago, the government meteorological bureau has requested the large observatories of the country to keep an astronomical watch on any further disturbances occurring on the planet mars. due to the unusual nature of this occurrence, we have arranged an interview with noted astronomer professor pierson, who will give us his views on the event. in a few moments we will take you to the princeton observatory at princeton, new jersey. we return you until then to the music of ramón raquello and his orchestra. the passage is from the transcript of the radio adaptation of the war of the worlds by h. g. wells. instead of including expert interviews, h. g. wells uses a narrator to tell about an alien invasion that occurred a few years earlier. by including expert interviews, how does the radio broadcast change the story most effectively? o.a. it puts the story in the past tense, increasing its personal tone. o o b. it makes the broadcast sound more like a fictional story. o o c. it makes the broadcast sound like a news report. o d. it makes the story sound less believable by changing who presents the story's details.